Carbon nanotube catalysts: recent advances in synthesis, characterization and applications

Y Yan, J Miao, Z Yang, FX Xiao, HB Yang… - Chemical Society …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon nanotubes are promising materials for various applications. In recent years,
progress in manufacturing and functionalizing carbon nanotubes has been made to achieve …

The role of sulfur in the CVD carbon nanotube synthesis

AR Bogdanova, DV Krasnikov, AG Nasibulin - Carbon, 2023 - Elsevier
Sulfur and sulfur-containing compounds are widely considered as a poison for numerous
technologies vital for our civilization: steam methane reforming, water gas shift reaction, and …

A review of carbon nanotube synthesis via fluidized-bed chemical vapor deposition

CH See, AT Harris - Industrial & engineering chemistry research, 2007 - ACS Publications
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are crystalline, tubular, carbon structures with extraordinary
mechanical, chemical, optical, and electrical properties. These unique properties make …

Fluidized bed synthesis of carbon nanotubes–A review

K Dasgupta, JB Joshi, S Banerjee - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2011 - Elsevier
Carbon nanotube is one of the most talked about materials in recent years due to its unique
properties and potential applications in different fields. Out of different techniques, catalytic …

Fabrication of carbon nanotubes

CT Kingston, B Simard - Analytical letters, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
The remarkable properties of carbon nanotubes give promise of a diverse array of
revolutionary technologies and applications. Synthesis remains the key to their …

Effect of catalyst composition on carbon nanotube growth

XZ Liao, A Serquis, QX Jia, DE Peterson, YT Zhu… - Applied physics …, 2003 - pubs.aip.org
Transmission electron microscopy was used to probe the compositions of individual Co–Mo
bimetal catalyst particles and the morphologies of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) catalyzed by …

Synthesis and growth mechanism of carbon nanotubes and nanofibers from ethanol flames

C Pan, Y Liu, F Cao, J Wang, Y Ren - Micron, 2004 - Elsevier
The ethanol flame was successfully used to synthesize highly graphitic hollow-cored carbon
nanotubes (CNTs) and novel disorder solid-cored carbon nanofibers (CNFs). Their …

Growth of carbon nanostructures on carbonized electrospun nanofibers with palladium nanoparticles

C Lai, Q Guo, XF Wu, DH Reneker, H Hou - Nanotechnology, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper studies the mechanism of the formation of carbon nanostructures on carbon
nanofibers with Pd nanoparticles by using different carbon sources. The carbon nanofibers …

The effect of sulfur on the number of layers in a carbon nanotube

J Wei, H Zhu, Y Jia, Q Shu, C Li, K Wang, B Wei, Y Zhu… - Carbon, 2007 - Elsevier
This study shows that S concentration in the Fe catalyst plays an important role in controlling
the number of graphene layers during carbon nanotube (CNT) growth via chemical vapor …

Reduced Carbon Solubility in Fe Nanoclusters and Implications for the Growth<? format?> of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

AR Harutyunyan, N Awasthi, A Jiang, W Setyawan… - Physical Review Letters, 2008 - APS
Fe nanoclusters are becoming the standard catalysts for growing single-walled carbon
nanotubes via chemical vapor decomposition. Contrary to the Gibbs-Thompson model, we …